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Fridays are the best! Every other Friday, ArtPrice offers you a themed auction ranking. This week, ArtPrice discusses the 10 most expensive drawings in 2014. In the lineup: nine Chinese bids out of the 10!

With the art market at an all-time peak, Artprice.com takes a look at artists who generate the highest annual auction totals in the world and who thus represent a handsome source of income for auction operators. The latter, remember, are remunerated from fees charged to both the seller and the buyer.

The 14th edition of Art Paris will be held under the dome of the Grand Palais in Paris from 27 to 30 March 2014. The fair’s organiser since 2011, Guillaume Piens, is proud to have attracted more than 53,000 visitors to the 2013 edition, which makes Art Paris one of the most frequented Contemporary Art fairs in Europe.

Updated on 30 Mar 2015:
ZHANG Daqian (1899-1983) is an artist born in 1899
The oldest artwork ever registered on the website for this artist is a drawing-watercolor sold in 1991, at Sotheby's , and the most recent artwork is a drawing-watercolor sold in 2015. Artprice.com's price levels for this artist are based on 9,286 auction results.
Especially: painting, print-multiple, photography, drawing-watercolor, ceramic.
82 art works by artist ZHANG Daqian (1899-1983) will soon be available in auction rooms.